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Beliefs About
Voices Questionnaire (BAVQ) - Amended

The BAVQ assessed beliefs about voices.
It consists of 30 items and 5 sub-scales: Benevolence, Malevolence, Resistance,
Engagement and Power.

The original BAVQ (Chadwick and Birchwood, 1995) treated individual items as dichotomous variables and required a "yes" or "no" response. In this adaptation of the questionnaire a four point scale is used as follows:
Never = 0, Seldom = 1, Often = 2, Almost Always = 3

Edinburgh postnatal major depressive disorder scale (EPDS)

The aim of the EPDS is to assist primary care teams in detecting mothers with Postnatal Major Depressive Disorder. Cox et al, who developed the scale, referred to published work demonstrating that 10-15% of mothers experience a marked depressive illness in the months following childbirth.
But sorry... The Royal College of Psychiatrists don't want to share
this! I am sorry... It is probably not that useful anyway... Please look
elsewhere for information on best practice dealing with and assessing
post natal depression. In my view as a clinician post natal depression
is very obvious. It doesn't need a questionnaire. I am sorry that you
might have been inconvenienced by the RCP not wishing to share their
questionnaires (but you can still check out the references).

Geriatric
Depression Scale (GDS) - Short Version

This scale was developed as a basic screening measure for depression in older adults. Suitable as a screening test for depressive symptoms in the elderly. Ideal for evaluating the clinical severity of depression, and therefore for monitoring treatment.

It is easy to administer, needs no prior psychiatric knowledge and has been well validated in many environments - home and clinical.

The original GDS was a 30 item questionnaire - time consuming and challenging for some patients (and staff). Later versions retain only the most discriminating questions; their validity approaches that of the original form. the most common version in general geriatric practice is the 15-item version.

Health of the
Nation Outcomes Scales (HoNOS)

In 1993 the UK Department
of Health commissioned the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Research
Unit (CRU) to
develop scales to measure the health and social functioning of people
with severe mental illness. The initial aim was to provide a means of
recording progress towards the Health of the Nation target ‘to improve
significantly the health and social functioning of mentally ill
people’

Development and testing
over three years resulted in an instrument with 12 items measuring
behaviour, impairment, symptoms and social functioning (Wing,
Curtis & Beevor, 1996). The scales are completed after routine
clinical assessments in any setting and have a variety of uses for
clinicians, researchers and administrators, in particular healthcare
purchasers and providers.

This is the version for
working aged adults.

Life Skills
Profile (LSP)

The Life Skills Profile (LSP) was developed as a measure of function and disability in schizophrenia.
It is a common outcome measure in Australia.

Copyright Parker and Rosen, 1989.

For rights, permissions, forms and scoring manuals, contact Professor G. Parker or Dr A. Rosen at the School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick 2031, Australia.

Self-defeating
Beliefs Questionnaire

This is a questionnaire to test the strength of Albert Ellis' 12
primary self-defeating beliefs.

There are 96 questions which relate to 12 core beliefs. The strength of each belief is rated on a scale from 0 to 8. The higher the rating the more likely the belief is to influence behaviour and affect negative feelings.

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